When a properly completed application is received by the Department and it is determined, using the methodology in Section106, that the facility should receive the requested allotment of Medicaid patient days, a Medicaid nursing home permit shall be issued.
When it is determined that a facility should receive fewer Medicaid patient days than requested in the application, the Department shall notify the applicant of this determination, setting forth the reasons for the decision.
S.C. Code Regs. § 61-95.107